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US Navy ship with 550 Marines moves into Gulf
President Barack Obama has said he is considering military action, short of putting US troops in Iraq.
The amphibious transport ship USS Mesa Verde with 550 Marines on board entered the Gulf on Monday to support possible US action to help Iraq government combat an insurgency that has overtaken large areas of the country’s north, a US defence official said.
President Barack Obama has said he is considering military action, short of putting US troops in Iraq, to aid Baghdad’s efforts to stop the insurgency.
The USS Mesa Verde joins the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, which moved into the Gulf on Saturday along with the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea and the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun.
“USS Mesa Verde is capable of conducting a variety of quick reaction and crisis response operations. The ship carries a complement of MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft,” the Pentagon said in a statement.
CNN first reported the USS Mesa Verde’s movement into the Gulf.
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